The Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus

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On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle
of the tent of meeting.

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And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt
screen the ark with the veil.

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And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are
upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps
thereof.

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And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the
testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

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And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the
tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar,
and shalt put water therein.

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And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of
the gate of the court.

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And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and
all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof:
and it shall be holy.

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And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels,
and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.

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And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

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And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of
meeting, and shalt wash them with water.

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And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint
him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's
office.

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And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them;

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and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office: and their anointing
shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their
generations.

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Thus did Moses: according to all that YAHUVEH commanded him, so did he.

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And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first
day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

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And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up
the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its
pillars.

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And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the
tent above upon it; as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.

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And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on
the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:

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and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the
screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.

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And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the
tabernacle northward, without the veil.

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And he set the bread in order upon it before YAHUVEH; as YAHUVEH
commanded Moses.

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And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the
table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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And he lighted the lamps before YAHUVEH; as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.

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And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:

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and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as YAHUVEH commanded
Moses.

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And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

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And he set the altar of burnt-offering at the door of the tabernacle of
the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the
meal-offering; as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.

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And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put
water therein, wherewith to wash.

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And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet
thereat;

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when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto
the altar, they washed; as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.

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And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar,
and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the
work.

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Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of YAHUVEH
filled the tabernacle.

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And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the
cloud abode thereon, and the glory of YAHUVEH filled the tabernacle.

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And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children
of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:

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but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day
that it was taken up.

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For the cloud of YAHUVEH was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was
fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout
all their journeys.